Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Act 2024

Construction of references to provision of required particulars

18. The Act of 2004 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 68:

“Construction of references to provision of required particulars

68A. A reference in this Act or any other enactment to the provision by a person of required particulars in relation to a birth, stillbirth or death, to a registrar pursuant to this Act shall, from the commencement of section 5 of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Act 2024, be construed as including a reference to the provision by a person of required particulars, in relation to a birth, stillbirth or death, by electronic means pursuant to section (19)(1)(ii), 28(1)(ii) or 37(1)(ii), as the case may be.”.